Started on Jul 22, 2026.
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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Burning near Villalba, Italy, an active wildfire spanning 230 ha (568 acres) has been tracked since July 22, 2026. Satellites are currently picking up a low heat signature from the fire front, alongside 15 heat detections clustering nearby over the past 48 hours.
In context
This wildfire burned in Italy for 2 days. In total it burned about 230 ha (568 acres) — around 2.3 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in Italy
Across Italy, roughly 109,666 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 92% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus EFFIS.
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